Public Health - Access to Emergency Contraception - Student Health Centers and Vending Machines [SB-969]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Student Loans ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring a public institution of higher education to require a student health center to provide during the regular hours of operation of the student health center on-site access to certain emergency contraception and contraceptive counseling or referrals for contraceptive counseling to other qualified health care providers; requiring a public institution of higher education to ensure the availability of certain emergency contraception at all times, such as through vending machines or other similar devices; etc.
SB-969: Public Health - Access to Emergency Contraception - Student Health Centers and Vending Machines
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/07 At 1:00 P.m. (education, Health, And Environmental Affairs) on 03/07/2018
Income Tax – Subtraction Modification – Retirement Income (Hometown Heroes and Veterans Act of 2018) [SB-996]
[Taxes ]
[Retirement ]
[Veterans ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Pensions ]
[Military ]
Altering a subtraction modification under the State income tax for certain military retirement income for individuals who are at least 55 years old from $10,000 to $15,000; providing a subtraction modification under the Maryland income tax under certain circumstances for the first $15,000 of retirement income attributable to employment as a correctional officer; and applying the Act to all taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.
SB-996: Income Tax – Subtraction Modification – Retirement Income (Hometown Heroes and Veterans Act of 2018)
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 573 on 05/15/2018
Coastal Area - Protection From Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling [SJR-11]
[Energy ]
[Environmental ]
[Public Lands and National Parks ]
[Water ]
Expressing the strong and unequivocal opposition of the General Assembly of Maryland to the draft proposed National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2019-2024, and the implementation of any offshore oil or gas leasing, exploration, development, or production in the Atlantic Ocean; urging the Secretary of the Interior of the United States to remove Maryland from the proposed leasing program; etc.
SJR-11: Coastal Area - Protection From Offshore Oil and Gas Drilling
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 3/30 At 11:30 A.m. on 03/30/2018
Increasing Maryland's Competitiveness Through Gender Diversity in Boardrooms [SJR-4]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Economic Development ]
[Human Rights ]
Recognizing certain evidence showing a deficiency in the gender diversity of Maryland boardrooms and the comparative high performance of companies where women are more strongly represented in top management; encouraging equitable and diverse gender representation on the boards and in senior management of companies and organizations in the State of Maryland; and urging certain institutions and companies to have a minimum of 30% women directors by December 31, 2021.
SJR-4: Increasing Maryland's Competitiveness Through Gender Diversity in Boardrooms
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 2/08 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/08/2018
Commemorating the Bicentennial of the Birth of Frederick Douglass [SJR-6]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Human Rights ]
Commemorating the bicentennial of the birth of Frederick Douglass; and providing that a copy of this resolution be forwarded by the Department of Legislative Services to certain individuals.
SJR-6: Commemorating the Bicentennial of the Birth of Frederick Douglass
Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Conway
Signed By The President And The Speaker - Joint Resolution 2 on 05/08/2018
Department of the Environment - Office of Recycling - Recycling Market Development [SB-116]
[Environmental ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
Requiring the Office of Recycling in the Department of the Environment to promote the development of markets for recycled materials and recycled products in the State; requiring the Office to evaluate the availability of certain markets and identify businesses in the State that use recycled materials; requiring that the annual Maryland solid waste management and diversion report be submitted to the General Assembly by September 1, 2022, and each year thereafter, and include certain activities; etc.
SB-116: Department of the Environment - Office of Recycling - Recycling Market Development
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing 1/21 At 11:00 A.m. on 12/29/2021
Financial Institutions - Security Questions and Measures [SB-185]
[Finance ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a financial institution that requires a customer to provide an answer to a security question in connection with the provision of an account to allow a customer to choose from at least two security questions options for each required security question; and applying the Act prospectively.
SB-185: Financial Institutions - Security Questions and Measures
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Enacted Under Article Ii, Section 17(c) Of The Maryland Constitution - Chapter 410 on 05/30/2021
Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021 [SB-3]
[Healthcare ]
[Telecommunications ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
Altering the health care services the Maryland Medical Assistance Program, subject to a certain limitation, is required to provide through telehealth; requiring that certain services provided under the Program include certain counseling and treatment; prohibiting the Program from excluding from coverage a behavioral health care service provided to a recipient in person solely because the service may be provided through telehealth; requiring the Maryland Health Care Commission to submit a certain report on telehealth; etc.
SB-3: Preserve Telehealth Access Act of 2021
Sponsored by: Sen. Delores Kelley
Hearing 1/27 At 1:00 P.m. on 12/23/2021
Open Meetings Act - Requirements for State Agencies and Local Boards of Elections (Maryland Transparency Act of 2021) [SB-72]
[Elections ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Public Safety ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring State agencies in the Executive Branch and local boards of elections to make publicly available on their websites an agenda and all meeting materials at least 48 hours in advance of each open meeting or, under certain circumstances, as far in advance of the meeting as practicable; requiring State agencies and local boards of elections to make publicly available on their websites live video or audio streaming of each portion of a certain meeting, and a certain recording for a minimum of 1 year after the date of the meeting; etc.
SB-72: Open Meetings Act - Requirements for State Agencies and Local Boards of Elections (Maryland Transparency Act of 2021)
Sponsored by: Sen. Cheryl Kagan
Hearing Canceled on 02/02/2021